Ammonia and urea are waste products from the metabolism of
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It sounds like you may have a urea cycle disorder, which involves a deficiency of one of six enzymes in the liver which transfer ammonia from the blood into a harmless substance. An untreated urea cycle disorder results in elevations of ammonia, which in turn causes changes in the brain, causing brain swelling, seizures, coma, and death. For someone who has recovered from the hyperammonemia, residua of damage affects cognitive function.
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The smell of ammonia in the urine comes from "urea". Bacteria that contaminate the urine will convert chemicals in the urine into smelling chemicals that are responsible for the distinctive smell, such as ammonia. You can give his urine sample for testing. With a kidney stone chances of infection are high.
Some foods like proteins cause the excretion of nitrogen compounds (ammonia and urea). Hence these foods can be reduced in diet.
First of all, proteus can decompose urea to produce ammonia. We have all heard the smell of ammonia. The smell of urine in the toilet is the smell of ammonia. Therefore, the urine odor of PATM patients is produced by Proteus.
In addition, proteus produces indole and hydrogen sulfide in our intestines. Indole is another name for faecal odor. The reason why feces stink is because of the high concentration of indole in feces. The fecal odor of PATM patients is produced by Proteus.
creat is tbe waste products accumulated in the blood cus your midney doesn't have the capacity to filter anymore . Jts true that its very high but to determine whether your kidney is in danger you have to test gfr , epo , alat , asat , urea ...
It is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys where it is removed from the bloodstream and is carried out of the body via the urine. If the kidneys are not working correctly, they will not remove the creatinine, resulting in high creatinine levels.
Phosphorus - Most of the body's phosphorus is contained in the bones, but a small percentage of it circulates throughout the body in the blood as a phosphate ion. It's important for nerve function and for muscle contraction.
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The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney. They are responsible for the actual purification and filtration of the blood. Being part of the homeostatic mechanism of the body, the nephron helps regulate the amount of water, salts, glucose, urea and other minerals in the body. This link may be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_tubule#Renal_tubule
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My first guess was that it was produced by some bacteria in the urinary track, which secrete urease and degrade urea into ammonia. I know two types of urinary bacteria that can do this: Ureaplasma and Proteus. Neither was found when I did tests. But actually I had some concerns about that laboratory.
I have read quite many notes in the Internet, where people say it's normal when urine smells like ammonia, that it may be due to diet or exercise. I think it's ********.
Unfortunately this excess cell building causes much more protein waste byproducts, and protein waste products are toxic...urea, ammonia, etc etc...hence the liver is overloaded...and also becomes over-oxidized which in turn pushes up the risk of liver cancer as well.
In fact, the steroids are well known for causing HCC, and there are few survivors amongst the steroid crowd that lived to tell the tale...only one guy at least tried to warn folks....remember Hulk Hogan??
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I'm not sure if this is the best forum, but it seems the closest fit. I'm a 30 year old British guy, 5'11", 175lbs. At the moment I'm working overseas, and likely to be doing so for at least the next 6 months.
For a few weeks now I've been noticing wafts of what I can only describe as the smell of Ammonia. I cant be sure where the smell is coming from - it's quite obvious if I breath in really deep through my nose a few times.
As the kidneys become impaired the creatinine level in the blood will rise. Normal levels of creatinine in the blood vary from gender and age of the individual.
Normal levels of creatinine in the blood are approximately 0.6 to 1.2 milligrams (mg) per deciliter (dl) in adult males and 0.5 to 1.1 milligrams per deciliter in adult females.
So as the function of the kidney improves the level of creatinine will get back to normal in the blood.
My wife just went through a similar experience, and the doctor sighed. He said he wished they wouldn't warn people about this as much as they do. That being said, a low carb diet might mean you are eating way too much protein, or it could mean you just eat somewhat more protein. Eating too much protein can cause kidney problems. Statins, as far as I know and I'm not an expert, are more of a problem for the liver and the joints.
In the context of advanced liver disease, elevated serum ammonia is often a product of protein metabolism, or the lack of it. Protein, and particularly meat protein produces ammonia in the colon; and while a healthy liver can manage this, a cirrhotic liver is often incapable of removing it.
This results in ‘brain fog’, or hepatic encephalopathy. It can often be effectively managed with the drug ‘Lactulose’; a laxative that encourages frequent bowel movements.
When the kidneys are functioning correctly, they remove the urea and it is carried from the body by the urine the kidneys produce. When kidney function is impaired, the urea builds up in the kidneys, hence the elevated values in the bloodwork. As far as the phosphate levels go, phosphorus is another thing that the kidneys are responsible for removing, so when they are not working or not working correctly, phosphorus builds up and shows up as elevated in the blood tests.
THE ROLE OF THE KIDNEYS IN REMOVING AMMONIA
Symptomsof hyperammonemiaAfter the liver has detoxified the ammonia, by turning it into urea, the kidneys are the next step in filtration before it is removed via the urine.
Surprisingly, part of keeping the kidneys functioning well is keeping the blood sugar levels stable. If we have consistent high blood sugar levels, it causes the kidneys to filter too much blood and, by overworking them, we reduce their filtering capacity.
This relies on suppressing the production of the toxic substances in the intestine and is most commonly done with the laxative lactulose or with non-absorbable antibiotics such as rifaximin.
It is caused by accumulation in the bloodstream of toxic substances that are normally removed by the liver. The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy requires the presence of impaired liver function and the exclusion of an alternative explanation for the symptoms.
This vitamin helps with the development of healthy blood cells, nerve cells, and proteins in the body. It also helps with the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates. This medicine is used to treat people who can not absorb enough vitamin B12. I felt an instant reduction from PATM when I started taking it.
Elevated serum ammonia levels are sometimes attributed to cirrhosis, and more directly to poor protein metabolism, I believe. If you’re experiencing confusion or combative behavior along with increased blood ammonia levels, you should speak with your doctor; he might prescribe Lactulose and/or Rifaximin to help manage this.
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